Is it normal that i sometimes feel like everything is cliche

Is it normal to have a moment where everything seems cliché and almost unreal. Sometimes I wake up feeling like the world is all so cliché and the point of life becomes so weird. I get a weird sensation in my stomach like an uneasy (non-sick) feeling. I could compare it to déjà-vu, like I have been here before and everyone is so similar to each other, life is so ………. Strange. It’s like life is so mundane and useless, we get up, we put makeup on, we do our hair, we go buy stuff, we go to work etc……. sometimes this seems like a strange existence. Survival of the fittest no longer means surviving, but starving ourselves to look better than the girl next store. I know this depends on your point of view and what you do with your life but its …. Anyway, just … am I the only person that has this messed up feeling from time to time?

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  • shade_ilmaendu

    I know what you mean with the Deja vu like feeling, like, exactly how you described it. That used to happen to me in high school, Idk if it's caused by my mood disorder or some other psychology at play...

    But whenever you're feeling like that, remember you have the power to break away from the indoctrinating routines of society. Just be you, as hard as you can be. We as humans are creators, it is up to us to shape our destiny and make meaning in our lives. :)

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    • MissClaire

      you are right, thank you :)

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  • What'sMyName?

    "The girl next store" haha!

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  • Kyle33

    No. That's drugs, prole. Lots of drugs. Sometimes you just need to STAY OFF DRUGS!

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    • Kyle33

      You're so funny, Kyle.

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      • Kyle33

        I know, right. Hehehehehehe!

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        • Kyle33

          You're really smart and good looking and I wanna f*ck you.

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          • Kyle33

            Aww thanks Kyle.

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            • MissClaire

              Kyle, where have you been all my life

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  • intellectuallychallengedmaybe

    stuff is cliche. that's why you can walk down the street and see 10 or more people with the same hair style, way of dress etc. you're normal.

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  • lilylily

    Sometimes I also have days where the world seems unreal or really repetative. When this happens to me, I go for a walk in the woods. I know it sounds funny, but it really helps clear my head and remind me that it's all here and real and that there is so much more out there than just this daily routine. Every day nature is different than the day before, just like everday can be made different. I suggest trying to travel a bit, see some new scenery. You don't have to go far, just enough to remind yourself that the world is a lot bigger than the one you believe it to be. Hope that helps!

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    • rkomesaroff

      I 100% agree. Sometimes it feels like the world is going by in a blur and the world seems unreal. I try to find a way to escape from the mundane reality of a routine by doing something unique or unlikely.

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    • MissClaire

      I love the forest, sometimes I forget to go back to nature :) good idea.

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  • Read some Rilke.

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    • MissClaire

      I will, thank you:)

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  • I think the reason you (and I, and many others) feel this way is because society does not reflect truth or the reality of life.

    What I mean by this is that for people who see past the conditioning of society, they become unsure what their purpose in life is. If they aren't going to do what is the norm, then what else is there? I have experienced this and become lost before, in search of something that I can be a part of that isn't below me as a person.

    This 'thing' is different for everyone, for me I think it is being a musician, creating real music that comes from within ME, not from ideals manufactured by the media.

    I think anyone who observes such 'clichéd' behaviour in people should and can find an outlet, something which allows them to express their own true feelings and thoughts.

    Can't really think of anything much more to say without repeating myself further. I will just say good luck with your life and remember to stay true to yourself, never give up and never change for anyone else's clichéd opinions.

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    • MissClaire

      thank you very much, you have given me alot to think about. I appreciate this :)

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      • No problems. Just speaking what I'm thinking. =P

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  • ThroughRock

    YouTube, of anything, has certainly become cliche. It has devolved into being exactly the same thing every... single.. day. Every comment, every video, every channel, every everything. The website never changes. Even the best YouTuber of all, charlieissocoollike, has entered a creative slump.

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    • MissClaire

      I agree, people are running out of creativity - this makes my problem even more complicated. Thanks:)

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    • blurch

      Nice plug. I will check him out.

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  • blurch

    I get this feeling daily but I'm not bothered because of the "shallow" existence so to speak. More so by the seemingly overreaching norm of an inability to collectively pursuit something greater than the predictable.

    Of course the flip-side is not doing that in some cliche' artsy-fartsy, pretentious hippie, liberal way which is just as predictable.

    The most inspiring people I've met are nerds who love astronomy, chemistry and robotics. The nerds who tend towards physics and mathematics tend to be more predictably snooty and unexcited. Just like the yoga instructors who could put you to bed yammering on about the Upanishads whilst alienating themselves from anyone who dares to commit the transgressive act of smoking a cigarette.

    Geesh, get in the now people! :o

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    • MissClaire

      Thank you for this comment, I laughed at this part:
      "Of course the flip-side is not doing that in some cliche' artsy-fartsy, pretentious hippie, liberal way which is just as predictable."

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  • bubber

    You're the one who controls your life. You can make it meaningful. Stop and smell the flowers for a while.

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  • gloomydust

    That's life. There's more to it than you think, but todays society ruined life. The media , the government.. They're all here to bring fake happiness and they're here to distract you from the reality of things. Not everyone agrees because they've been so 'brainwashed' but eventually people will start noticing and realizing how the life they're living is bullshit and there's nothing real to it. I started practicing Wicca because it's mother nature based and it gives me some purpose to life other than living a materialistic world. Try to find something you truly enjoy , something that separates you from this fake life

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    • MissClaire

      thank you for this :)

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